In the short story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I believe the author is trying to open readers imaginations and to establish a sense of identity as well as question it. In the story, the drowned man was going to be disregarded at first, but after cleaning and a proper dressing, villagers were drawn to the man because of his unorthodox features and abnormal beauty. I believe the professor assigned this as our first reading to teach us the significance of an important figure and hope. Without the people, Esteban would cease to exist and without Esteban, the people would have no hope. When the women became obsessed with Esteban, they gave him identity and this gave them purpose to better the land around them as well as themselves. This change resulted in plentiful springs, a change in architecture and a change in spirit. After reading these stories, us reader are now left to question ourselves and morals. When everything you’ve dreamed of is suddenly in the palm of your hands, will you take advantage of it? Will you change your way of living?
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“The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez shows how unexpected events and exceptional beauty can inspire people to see new possibilities and hope for a better future. I think the professor assigned this story as our first class because It teaches us that even in ordinary places, extraordinary things can happen, and people can transform their lives through imagination and hope. The story shows that how a small village’s perspective and dreams change when they discover the body of a very handsome drowned man. I think the professor wants us to be as imaginative and curious as the people in this story.
The story ” The handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” have a deep meaning regarding to people’s imagination. I think the professor assigned this story as our first class because it argues about how a great person can change others, even after death, and inspire them to be better people. In the story it shows how a dead man change a whole views, he was a very “big man” compared to rest of the village, they would’ve wanted him to be small like the rest, but after his death a woman from the village had an internal feeling of changing their surroundings instead. I think we were assigned for this story first to show us how valuable something that we don’t find important can be, and how little things can change our life or the way we think. It also shows how to be genuine, help and understand people.
I think that the teacher assigned us to read short parts of the stories by GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ because his thoughtful stories have a meaningful background that identifies the irony of the plot. Example in the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” we see that the working and upper classes see the old man differently & directly treat him as someone who isn’t worth it but is in pain… On the bright side, people in the community still understand his pain.“The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World” has a similar plot realizing the narrowness of their dreams to do better. Gabriel Marquez has similar plots to his stories that expand the understanding of the unbelievable to believable as a way of seeing things to be done in a better way.
When I was reading our first short story “The Handsomest Drowned Man” written by Gabriel García Márquez, I was hoping the story will take a different turn then what it was actually portrayed. Nevertheless, the story had a very deep and profound meaning to it. According to me we were assigned this astonishing story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” as our first story as we will be able to learn about the change and transformation. A change that could benefit you as well as the people around you. How a superficial thing could constrain change in someone’s life for good. As explained by Rena Korb, a professional writer, children book author and editor, change in honor of Esteban is not simply for the moment but forevermore: “The lives of the villagers will continue to change over the next twenty-four hours and on into the future.” (overview of “The Handsomest Drowned Man” para 5).
